GM1 ORGH.GEN.105(c) Competent authority

• ED Decision 2025/007/R found in: Ground Handling (GH) (2025/23 and 2025/20) (Nov 2025)

##### GM1 ORGH.GEN.105(c) Competent authority *ED Decision 2025/007/R* **GH ORGANISATIONS’ PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS** (a) For GH organisations providing services in more than one Member State and GH organisations that are part of a single GH organisation business grouping, which have a PPoB in a territory to which the Treaties apply, the entry point for all the information related to their declarations and GH activities at all EU aerodromes within the scope of [Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/20](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/20/oj) is considered to be the competent authority of the Member State where the PPoB is located. (b) The following criteria are used to identify an organisation’s PPoB: (1) All financial operations and decisions affecting an organisation as a whole, including the operational aspects, enabling the organisation not only to receive funds and profits and reward shareholders, but also to fulfil its obligations and make due payments. These obligations and payments range from costs associated with personnel and facilities to those related to compliance with contractual, tax or any other financial obligations; the payment of dividends, salaries, employment benefits and investment decisions. These financial management functions require planning and management of the funds of the organisation, which cannot be artificially dissociated from the operations of that organisation. These functions are therefore essential to running a business and are a strong indicator of where its headquarters is and where its management takes place, and to which system of law it has the closest link. (2) The principal control of an organisation’s operational activities entails managing operational decisions of the organisation on a regular basis. A place from where the supply of services is monitored and managed is indicative of the organisation’s place from which it controls the operations. (3) The organisation’s accountable manager is ultimately accountable for safety. The accountable manager is responsible for ensuring that all activities can be financed and carried out in accordance with the applicable requirements and that the organisation is adequately structured and staffed with suitably qualified personnel. With the ultimate responsibility for safety and compliance vis‑à‑vis the competent authority, it is recommended that the accountable manager either reside permanently in the country where the PPoB is or demonstrate to the satisfaction of the competent authority that there are suitable means in place to discharge their responsibilities in full while not residing at the PPoB. (4) The organisation’s key personnel (persons accountable for operations, safety, compliance monitoring, training, etc.) controlling and coordinating daily operational activities that ultimately lead to meeting the safety objectives of the EU aviation safety *acquis*. (5) The head office is the place where all decision-making that affects the development of the entire corporate administration and coordination of the necessary actions takes place on a daily or regular basis. (6) The records regarding the operational and financial decisions affecting the direction, control, planning, coordination and corporate financing of the organisation’s activities and operations, within the scope of the applicable regulations, are always tangible and potentially subject to physical inspection and/or assessment by the competent authority. (c) The PPoB for aircraft operators performing self-handling is determined in accordance with [Regulation (EU) No 965/2012](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2012/965/oj).